The secrets of human brain evolution are beginning to be unveiled thanks to a recent study. Researchers have explored key ...

In a lab at Rockefeller University in New York, a mouse squeaks. But this is no ordinary squeak. It is a strange, complex ...

The Noonan lab at Yale University is focused on understanding how HARs contribute to the evolution of uniquely human brain features.

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New research suggests a genetic variant in the NOVA1 protein may have played a key role in the emergence of human speech.

Researchers discovered how genetic switches shaped human brain evolution by fine-tuning shared gene expression.

Humanity may not be extraordinary but rather the natural evolutionary outcome for our planet and likely others, according to ...

Researchers from Penn State University proposed in a new academic paper that human-like lifeforms could arise as a logical consequence of a planet’s development — contradicting the long-held “hard ...

What makes the human brain unique? A Yale study unlocks new insights into genetic changes that shaped our evolution.

A study finds that engraved stone artifacts from Manot, Qafzeh, and Quneitra caves reflect early humans' symbolic behavior, ...

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A new Yale study provides a fuller picture of the genetic changes that shaped the evolution of the human brain, and how the process differed from the evolution of chimpanzees. For the study, published ...